World Read Aloud Day 2019
I love World Read Aloud Day! For the last 6 years I connected my classes with classes around the country (and sometimes beyond). I start planning in November/December and eagerly anticipate sharing books and stories with new friends. These friendships have grown into other collaborations and I look forward to this event every year. This year took on a life of its own, however. I decided to take a quieter "stay at home" approach. We celebrated World Read Aloud Day during our library times and as a school. During library time, students were invited to read aloud in several ways: On whisper phones to themselves. To each other with books small and large. To stuffed animals (or have stuffed animals and puppets read to them). As a school, we celebrated together. Our Reader Leaders planned and hosted a simple school-wide assembly. At our assembly, our Reader Leaders interviewed several staff and students. One student interv...